Stefano Sacchetto is an Associate Professor of Finance at NOVA SBE. He holds a Ph.D. and M.Res. in Economics from London Business School, a M.Sc. in Economics from Bocconi University, and a B.A. in Business and Economics (Laurea in Economia Aziendale) from the University of Turin. Prior to NOVA, he has held academic appointments at the Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University (USA), and at IESE Business School, University of Navarra (Spain). Stefano’s main area of research is corporate finance, with a focus on mergers and acquisitions. His research has been published in the Journal of Financial Economics, the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, and the Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control.  

Corporate Finance, Corporate Restructuring, Private Equity, Structural Estimation in Finance, Machine Learning

• Huang, Teng, Kumar, Anil, Sacchetto, Stefano, Vergara-Alert, Carles (2024). Stock Comovement and Financial Flexibility. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 59 (3), 1141-1184.
• Dimopoulos, Theodosios, Sacchetto, Stefano (2017). Merger activity in industry equilibrium. Journal of Financial Economics, 126 (1), 200-226.
• Dimopoulos, Theodosios, Sacchetto, Stefano (2016). Technological heterogeneity and corporate investment. Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 66, 20-35.
• Dimopoulos, Theodosios, Sacchetto, Stefano (2014). Preemptive bidding, target resistance, and takeover premiums. Journal of Financial Economics, 114 (3), 444-470.
• Benfratello, Luigi, Piacenza, Massimiliano, Sacchetto, Stefano (2009). Taste or reputation: What drives market prices in the wine industry? Estimation of a hedonic model for Italian premium wines. Applied Economics, 41 (17), 2197-2209.